Dear all,
For RevME, there is a comment 7024 for 26.1 regarding the word “supports”.
The proposed CR is to change Subclause 26.1 as follows (as shown below and in 11-24/718r1). It is mostly editorial changes. Please let me know if you have any comments/changes. There are also a number other sentences that may need to be
changed regarding the word “supports”.
26. High-efficiency (HE) MAC specification(11ax)
26.1 Introduction
An HE STA supports the mandatory MAC and MLME functions and may support the optional MAC and MLME functions:
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defined in Clause 26 (High-efficiency (HE) MAC specification(11ax))
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defined in Clause 10 (MAC sublayer functional description) and in Clause 11 (MLME), and the security functions defined in Clause 12 (Security), except when the functions in Clause 26 (High-efficiency
(HE) MAC specification(11ax)) supersede them.
A frame successfully transmitted by a non-AP STA in response to a Basic Trigger
frame is a successful frame exchange sequence(#109)
initiated by the STA as referred to in Clause 11 (MLME) and Clause 12 (Security).
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Clause Number(C)
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Page(C)
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Line(C)
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Comment
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Proposed Change
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Owning Ad-hoc
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7024
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26.1
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4047
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7
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The spec needs to clearly define what the word "supports" means. Traditional if a STA "supports" a feature or functionality, it means that it implements it. However, this sentence "An HE STA supports the MAC and MLME functions defined
in Clause 26 (High-efficiency (HE) MAC specification(11ax)) in addition to the MAC functions defined in Clause 10 (MAC sublayer functional description), the MLME functions defined in Clause 11 (MLME), and the security functions defined in Clause 12 (Security),
except when the functions in Clause 26 (High-efficiency (HE) MAC specification(11ax)) supersede the functions in Clause 10 (MAC sublayer functional description) or Clause 11 (MLME)." causes confusion since a STA clearly does not always "support" all the functions
defined in all these clauses. This sentence in RevME has been used as a base for rejecting another occurrence of the word "support" for a later amendment claiming that this sentence implies that "supports feature A" does not always mean a device will implement
feature A.
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either define "supports" can mean optionally implement, or use a different words to convey the meaning.
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MAC
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Xiaofei Clement Wang
Principal Engineer | InterDigital
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